By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

Verse:

A) I need to (D) apologize (E)

A) The other night when I (D) looked in your (E) eyes

A) I really wanted to (D) keep going (E) out with you

A) So I did something (D) I know I (E) shouldn’t do

A) I told my friends my (D) mother set us (E) up

A) I helped her out, (D) took you to (E) lunch

A) If they knew the truth, you know (D) I’d be afraid (E)

A) That one of them might (D) steal you (E) away

Chorus

E) I told my friends you were D) ugly

E) I told the boys that you A) didn’t measure G) up

D) I told my friends you were E) ugly

D) And if I had to take you to your E) prom

D) It was only as a favor to my E) mom

Verse:

A) See this has happened to (D) me before (E)

A) When the cheerleader (D) moved in (E) right next door

A)I let slip about her (D) supermodel (E) fastrack

A) She got knocked up by my (D) buddy the (E) quarterback

Chorus

E) I told my friends you were D) ugly

E) I told the boys that you A) didn’t measure G) up

D) I told my friends you were E) ugly

D) And if I had to take you to your E) prom

D) It was only as a favor to my E) mom

(Instrumental - A-G-F#-F-E, then F-E in rapid succession several times)

Bridge :

D) Please don’t get mad at me

G) I really hope you’ll understand you see

D) I had to tell them you were kind of overweight

C) Height and width not really A) proportionate

D) Store brand clothes and kind of a slob

G) A unibrow and a bad dye job

D) They’ll find out soon enough that you

G) Make Miss America A) look like she flunked out of D) beauty school

Verse:

A) I promise baby that (D) soon enough (E) I’ll relent

A) Let you meet them so (D) they’ll see you’re a (E) ten

A) ‘til then please, don’t hang me (D) out to (E) dry

A) I let them think you’re a (D) one-point-five (E)

Chorus

E) I told my friends you were D) ugly

E) I told the boys that you A) didn’t measure G) up

D) I told my friends you were E) ugly

D) And if I had to take you to your E) prom

D) It was only as a favor to my E) mom

(G-A-D to end)